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History by Polybius, Volume II

Légende

History by Polybius. Volume II. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1727. Printing by Jean-Baptiste Lamesle. Wars of Alexander's Successors, 322-275 BC. Siege of Rhodes. Helepolis used by Demetrius I, called Poliorcetes. It was an ancient siege engine invented by Polydus of Thessaly and improved by Demetrius I of Macedon and Epimachus of Athens for the siege of Rhodes. Engraving.

Date

2018

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG20B24_303

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

40,9Mo (2,6Mo) / 38,1cm x 26,8cm / 4503 x 3171 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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